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Latest Episodes

It’s Time to Take Up the Space We Deserve – Elizabeth Martinez-Podolsky
July 18, 2022

Elizabeth Martínez-Podolsky is the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine and is completing a doctoral degree in Higher Education Adm

Scrub Chat Season 6 Trailer
July 18, 2022

Host Kim Farina and Producer Garnetta Santiago preview Season 6 of Scrub Chat! A new season of personal stories by veterinary professionals for veterinary professionals. Join us for another season of

Finding Your Community Makes All the Difference – Dr. Tierra Price, DVM, MPH
May 07, 2021

Meet Dr. Tierra Price! This trailblazing graduate of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine Class of 2020 founded and launched the Black DVM Network, a highly successful professional network and community for African American veterinary p...

I Fight Harder For My Students Than For Myself – Shaelyn St. Onge-Cole, RVT
May 07, 2021

Shaelyn St. Onge-Cole, a California-based Registered Veterinary Technician, is helping to shape the pipeline of future veterinary technicians as an instructor at Foothill College. As an African American and Native American woman navigating the professi...

Adaptability, Resiliency and Flexibility – Dr. Kyle Granger, Jr, DVM
May 07, 2021

Graduating veterinary school is life-altering on its own. Now image completing your fourth year of school, graduating and joining clinical practice in the middle of a global pandemic. That’s part of Dr. Kyle Granger’s story.

Be Open to Change – Dr. Seth Andrews, Ph.D
May 07, 2021

Dr. Seth Andrews is a Scrub Chat™ unicorn. He’s not a veterinary professional, but he is a co-founder of Pawsibilities Vet Med, a mentoring platform to expand representation in the veterinary profession. Learn more about the motivation behind Seth’s wo...

The Advocate’s Advocate – Liz Hughston, Med., RVT, CVT, LVT VTS (SAIM, ECC)
May 07, 2021

An Advocate’s Advocate; that’s who Liz Hughston, a California-based Registered Veterinary Technician is. In this episode, she takes us through her storied career as a technician specialist in emergency and critical care and internal medicine,

It All Started with Grey’s Anatomy – Kendra Dostaler, LVT
May 07, 2021

Kendra Dostaler, a Licensed Veterinary Technician in Washington State has an entrepreneurial spirit that has propelled her career in exciting and unconventional directions. In this episode, she talks about her personal experiences,

Scrub Chat Season 5 Trailer
May 07, 2021

Host Kim Farina and Producer Garnetta Santiago preview Season 5 of Scrub Chat! A new season of personal stories by veterinary professionals for veterinary professionals. Join us for another season of incredible guests sharing insights from their journe...

“You Deserve to Be In This Room Like Everyone Else” – Dr. Christina Tran
October 20, 2020

Representation matters and Dr. Christina “Tina” Tran has worked tirelessly to elevate and ensure that voices of underrepresented individuals in the veterinary profession are heard. A first-generation Filipino-American,